"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon in the news a rough flu season continues to take its toll, what we learned about illnesses in our area. >> but the big story on "action news" this afternoon is another coating of snow in the region. >> the snow came through in the lehigh county delaware and new jersey. lets go straight to the big board and meteorologist, david murphy, with more from accuweather. >> it's looking like this thing would dry up by noon and here we are at the noon hour and all the snow is off the cost, we have a little eroding snow shower northwest of allentown and reading you take a look at what happened this morning at 5:00, and we actually did have decent snow bands building in close to

philadelphia and up to 6:00 it looks like this first wave would go right past the city but it turns out that dry air at the surface prevented this from making it to the ground and it evaporated before it did much. we wind up with most of our snow down below the closer you went to the shore the higher the snowfall amounts and some action in the northern and western areas from a lighter snow shower that was occurring and you can see by the noon hour we are of course done at this juncture as we look at the snowfall amounts, these are close to finals 1.4 in black bird, and in newark only a .5 and smyrna 1.8 and dover 2.3 and cumberland county new jersey 2.3 and cape may 4.5 inches of snow. little or nothing in the central

portion of the region because of the dry air i discussed and then a spotty coating in the north and west, we tweeted pictures from the lehigh valley and areas close to that. most of you down south 1 to 3 inches. and more precipitation is coming but not until sunday night i'll have the details in the accuweather seven day. the action cam is live in allentown where another round of light snow just passed through and no problems for drivers and roads are clear as they continue on with their morning. >> this is what it looks like at the jersey shore a live view from sky 6 shows the beach covered in white as the storm moves out and "action news" reporter, eva pilgram spent the morning at the shore and she joins us live from mullica, new jersey. >> you can see the major roads delsy drive looks clear but that

is not the case for all the roads that drivers will encounter. old man winter just refuses to go the falling snowflakes another act of defiance. >> i don't like it. i'm not a snow person. >> i better watch myself. >> it's horrible. >> i hate it. >> i'm ready for spring right now. >> just about everyone we talked to said they are over the snow and for some this weather is more than others. >> it's annoying and i'm in the ice-cream business and this weather is not helping me. when the snow first started coming down it stuck on the major roads and salt and plow trucks were out early clearing the roads in vineland the roads looked good and in mullica, the streets are covered and how the streets look depends on where you drive. the back roads are slick and it's under the snow. they are starting to get slushy

and a little slippery real slippery, take your time. and you'll be okay. >> and we have already seen with the sun coming up heating up the pavement a lot of improvements to the neighborhood roads and that will continue as the sun continues to shine we are live here in mullica. eva pilgram channel 6 "action news." >> the 6 abc storm tracker app has you covered for winter to the latest hourly and seven-day forecasts. and instant alerts for warm warnings. >> right now we are following a developing story impacting septa lines in the city, live wires fell on to a train carrying 500 people this morning and service is disrupted for repairs, happened in rosalind after 8:00 this morning septa says the

wires were deenergized before everybody was moved on to a different train "action news" report, chad pradelli is gathering more information for us and he'll update the information in a live report at 12:30. >> authorities believe they identified a terrorist in videos showing isis beheadings he was known only as jihadi john and we learned he grew up in london and studied at the university of westminster. marcy gonzales has more. >> the executioner, identified. a former u.s. intelligence official, confirms that the masked man seen in several barbaric videos, including three americans being beheaded is muhammad emwazi. >> it's really hard to imagine the trajectory. >> the "washington post" reports he is a native of kuwait who

group in west london. >> he is in his mid-20s and went to syria to join isis just three years ago and authorities have known his identify for several months but are still trying to track him down, this has police and the fbi arrest three men that live in brooklyn new york, accusing them of plotting to help isis, that they wanted to fight alongside extremists overseas or launch attacks here in the u.s. coasting on isis websites about bombing coney island and killing police officers and assassinating president obama. >> this is real, the concern about the lone wolf inspires to act without going to the middle east. >> one man arrested yesterday just as investigators say he was trying to board a plane at jfk airport heading to syria. >> more than 20 other people in the u.s. have been arrested in the past year accused of trying

to join isis, meanwhile the white house and british officials are not comments on muhammad emwazi. >> health officials in delaware announced there are three new flu related deaths and the number of flu fatalities does not appear to be slowing down, the total number in the state now is 26 public health officials are urging people to continue to protect themselves from the flu and keep up with proper hand washing can help. it's important to check in with loved ones that are elderly or have underlying medical conditions to ensure their health. the first shooting happened at 7:45 last evening on the 200 block of westmoreland street a woman was shot and killed sitting in the drivers seat of the car and the window was down

as the woman was making a transaction of some sort. an early morning shoot ngt grays ferry of the city turned into a double homicide investigation, police say that to 23-year-old men were shot multiple times the shooting happened after 2:00 a.m. and the police have no motives right now and commissioner ramsey commented on the violence this morning and he says it's unfortunate that there are violent people out there that settle their dispute with guns. >> we have 48 people dead so far in philadelphia this year, and 98% of them are african-american. philadelphia police are investigating an attempted carjacking where a man was nearly shot in the head, this happened in the 6700 block of guyer avenue in southwest philadelphia the driver and passengers were getting into a mercedes when two men approached

and demands car keys, the victim was grazed in the head with a bullet. still to come on "action news" at noon washington, d.c. legalizes marijuana despite threats from congress we'll explain the battle brewing. >> and 25 people injured in this accident in miami what caused a bus to run into a building this morning. and united airlines reveals major safety concerns. a new internal memo when "action news" comes right back.

in miami 25 people were hurt in a complain reaction crash involving a city bus and an suv. witnesses say that the bus swerved to avoid hitting the suv and slammed straight into a furniture store several high school students were among the injured. the bus driver was rushed to the hop with extensionve injuries and the driver was taken into custody. an internal memo revealed safety violations and near misses many recent months. it details mistakes in the cockpit including a crew that had to make an emergency pullup to avoid crashing into the ground and another plane that landed with fuel below the

minimal reserves nobody was hurt and united told that all crew members must have their priorities straight when they put on their uniforms. an accident that wiped out internet service in arizona, someone cut a fiber optic line in phoenix at 6:30, nobody could make phone calls or go online and businesses could not progress credit cards and law enforcement data bases were not available as well. the slashed cable was near a river bed and whoever did this went through a long process to reach it. in new york city researchers are trying to figure out what caused a park garage to collapse. the building crashed on to a school bus parked below and the

driver was napping below and no children were on board he woke up to see debris piled around him, the collapse was so jarring the construction workers across the street thought a bomb went off. >> a loud, like an explosion it felt like an oinl because the foundation i felt it shake. >> one worker was hurt but escaped with minor injuries. washington d.c. moved ahead in legalized possession of marijuana after a voter approved initiative, it took affect one minute past midnight and that d.c.'s plans have not changed despite a letter from two house republicans warning of repercussions allowing two ounces of pot at home and allowed to grow three mature plants however smoking marijuana in public or buying or selling

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david is here with a check of the accuweather forecast. and that storm what little we got of it. is moving away. >> it's out of here. >> we like it that way. >> we do. we actually dodged a bullet in philadelphia. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a lack of precipitation across most of the region if we go in tighter, to areas up north, maybe a flurry around pottstown but most of that other stuff falling apart north and west of allentown, if you head towards pottstown or slatington maybe a little bit over the next hour or so. the action cam is over the

parkway and artists around the region are finding that multitude of ice we have around the region and doing cool things with it. i wish i knew the artist names that is really cool. temperature 29 degrees and winds 16 miles per hour from the northeast, and breaks in the clouds that is nice. 21 in allentown and obviously it's cold out there. but better than it was earlier this morning when we were not only colder but also snowy from areas near the delaware river on south towards wildwood. satellite and radar shows you the movement. storm system as it came through in the overnight hours and we got the top portion of that and it was not quite strong enough to work through the dry air in philadelphia, most of the snow that fell was down south in south jersey and delaware. colder in allentown 23 and windchills are a factor making it feel like the teens much of

the afternoon. down the shore we had the snowy start and a nice finish of 34 degrees, in philadelphia we go for a mix of clouds and sun the rest of the way today and getting up to 32 and winds from the northeast at 8 to 16 miles per hour. a little bit breezy and the windchills in the teens and probably low 20s most of the way today. partly cloudy and cold and the winds ease off and we get stars returning and an overnight low of 20 that is similar to where we went in spots overnight. as we look at the afternoon commute cloudy and breezy and 25 by 5:30, and 28 by 7:00, a little bit on the breezy side. tomorrow we have the temperature profile similar, with the same air mass in play we'll get up to 30 or so in urban centers and upper 20s otherwise and saturday another batch of cooler air and highs in the 20s then, your exclusive accuweather forecast,

32 degrees is today's high with a mix of clouds and sun and cold with a high of 30 and we kick february out the door with a high of 37 degrees, lots of sunshine march arrives on sunday and clouds nast noon and a high of 34 and at night a chance of mixed precipitation arriving that could fall in the form of sleet and maybe rain or freezing rain and perhaps snowflakes, it's fairly light and it does spill into the morning on monday, but it's a light wintry mix. tuesday into wednesday there is another system coming that some runs say it's all rain and some say snow might mix in. >> what does david murphy say? >> i'm going with rain. >> that is what i'm going with. thank you. we are now hearing the calls for help that came in a couple of days ago after the gas explosion leveled a house in stafford township, new jersey. and the call to action two state

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. here are stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30 service on a septa rail line is suspended after live wires fell on a train

at the end of the morning commute and the so-called black madam trial continues in philadelphia today the defense's turn. and parts of the tri-state area get a taste of snow but david murphy says that cold is the big story into the weekend. >> now he details on a developing story here, service is suspended on part of a septa rail line after live wires fell on the train this morning, it happened on the warminster line. trains are still running and shuttle buses are filling in the service gaps from warminster to glenside and chad pradelli is live now with the story. >> reporter: certainly headaches and delays for regional rail riders between glenside and warminster. there are the buses they brought in to shuttling drivers. here is what